It's Thursday, June 30 and Day 139 since Justice Antonin Scalia died and Mitch McConnell laid down his Supreme Court blockade: No meetings, no hearings, no votes on his replacement. It's also Day 102 since President Obama named Merrick Garland to be Scalia's replacement. What's the Senate doing today instead of considering the Supreme Court nominee?
I mean, do we even need to ask? It’s the Friday before a three-day weekend. Obviously the Senate has long since left the District and gone home.
But that raises an interesting question: Is your senator publicly celebrating the Fourth of July? Marching in a parade, glad-handing at a barbecue, that sort of thing? Because if so, that might be a good opportunity to go to him or her and politely—very politely—ask “what are you doing to get Merrick Garland a vote?”
Just a thought.
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